Latest climate change news
Six EU states cast doubt on proposed 2030 climate goals
NEWS: Central European countries reject renewables and efficiency goals as part of EU’s 2030 climate package
Thousands sign petition against ‘petrolhead’ climate commissioner
NEWS: Incoming EU climate and energy chief faces rising opposition as MEPs prepare to question his appointment
World’s first major power plant with carbon capture opens in Canada
NEWS: IEA hails major breakthrough as one unit of SaskPower’s Boundary Dam plant starts sucking up CO2
Modi gets behind HFC crackdown at US-India meeting
NEWS: India will cooperate with global efforts to phase out the potent greenhouse gases, prime minister Narendra Modi agrees
Australian and Indian businesses lead calls for greener energy
NEWS: Volatile fossil fuel prices are encouraging some businesses to source greener forms of power, says Grant Thornton report
EPA data shows US greenhouse gas emissions rising
NEWS: Emissions from 8,000 power plants and major industrial sites in 2013 were up 0.6% on the previous year, says Environmental Protection Agency
US calls for ‘Sputnik’ style drive to save Arctic
NEWS: The US will make climate change its top priority as chair of the Arctic Council, says US Arctic envoy
Save mangroves for people, planet and the economy, says UN
NEWS: Destroying mangrove forests will cost $2 billion a year up to 2050 and contribute to climate change, says UNEP
No greenwash: Investors urged to disclose climate strategy
NEWS: More than 1,000 investors worth US$70 trillion have been challenged to show how they are managing climate risk
The climate marathon has started: it’s time to set the pace
COMMENT: The New York climate summit was a first step says Mohamed Adow. We should stop asking what it achieved, and begin walking
UK set for driest September since records began
NEWS: Provisional Met Office figures suggest that this September will be UK’s driest since at least 1910
WWF: Wildlife populations down 50% in last 40 years
NEWS: Exploitation, habitat degradation and climate change blamed as numbers of lions, snakes and monkeys plummet
US carbon emissions from energy use increase
NEWS: Rising US carbon emissions pose a challenge to president Barack Obama’s climate leadership ambitions
IEA: Solar could be largest power source by 2050
NEWS: Solar PV capacity would need to increase fourfold to achieve ambitious targets
How climate change affected the world’s weather in 2013
NEWS: Scientific review shows heatwaves in China, Japan, Korea and Australia were made more likely by global warming
California burning points to more frequent wildfires
NEWS: Incidence of forest and scrub fires has doubled in US since 1990s, say researchers
Oil majors target King Coal in fight for climate high ground
NEWS: Statoil and Saudi Aramco use New York summit to sell gas as a lower carbon climate change solution
Hedegaard: EU is still a ‘climate leader’
INTERVIEW: Outgoing EU climate chief faces one last battle to assure her legacy as UN emissions deal looms
‘Reverse graffiti’ highlights traffic pollution in cities
BLOG: Graffiti artist creates mural from London pollution to highlight need for cleaner transport
Three UK Conservatives talk climate change
INTERVIEW: Ahead of the Conservative Party Conference, leading Tories tell RTCC where they stand on climate science, policy and scepticism